George Washington‘s personal annotated copy of the “Acts Passed at a Congress of the United States of America” from 1789, which includes the Constitution and a draft of the Bill of Rights, was sold at Christie’s.

Even after 223 years, the bound book is in near pristine condition.

The hammer price was $8.7 million dollars, though with fees the final cost to the buyer – the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, which owns Washington’s home at Mount Vernon in Virginia – was $9,826,500.

“It defines his recognition of the powers of the president,” the Ladies’ Association’s Ann Boukun told Smith of the document.